DRC NT to name rec center afte Pohl,also new endow

OldTimer · May 15, 2006

UNT to name rec center after Pohl

09:50 AM CDT on Saturday, May 13, 2006

University of North Texas officials announced Friday their plans to rename the university’s student recreation center after outgoing President Norval Pohl.

The UNT Foundation, the North Texas Exes and UNT’s alumni association, also announced plans for a new endowed scholarship in Pohl’s name.

The news came at a gala event honoring Pohl, who officially leaves his post Aug. 31.

“It is most fitting that the Student Recreation Center — a building in the heart of the university campus, built to promote the physical and mental health of our students — be named for Dr. Pohl, who is widely acknowledged as the ‘student-centered’ president,” UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson said in a news release.

In October 2000, the same month Pohl took up his duties as UNT’s 13th president, the student body approved a referendum to institute a $75 per semester fee to finance a new recreation center.

From that time forward, Pohl gave his support to every effort students made in their desire for a first-class recreation center, from concept to reality, the release said. The name change will become official at the regents’ Aug. 25 meeting.

Stan R · May 15, 2006

UNT to name rec center after Pohl
“It is most fitting that the Student Recreation Center — a building in the heart of the university campus, built to promote the physical and mental health of our students — be named for Dr. Pohl, who is widely acknowledged as the ‘student-centered’ president,” UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson said in a news release.
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HEY! LJ! EVERY president should be a student centered president!!!

LoveMG · May 15, 2006

great for dr. pohl, he will be missed. was it true lj was not at his gala and if so where was he? is a rift between dr. pohl and lj the cause for him to leave?

Baby Arm! · May 15, 2006

great for dr. pohl, he will be missed. was it true lj was not at his gala and if so where was he? is a rift between dr. pohl and lj the cause for him to leave?
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The rumored rift may be a cause but it's more likely the rift between Pohl and the faculty over the tenure issue. Although I'm a fan of Pohl and am sorry to see him leave, It's no secret that he lost the confidence of the faculty last year over the tenure issue ( He actually narrowly lost a no-confidence vote). There are also the scandals over the new academic plan, logo-gate, and the financial scandals in various departments. None of which were Pohl's fault....but they did happen under his watch.

With all of that I think Pohl had enough of the headaches of leadership and decided to step down. Hence his eagerness to stay on at UNT in another capacity other than president.

Ibleedgreen · May 16, 2006

There was no vote on Dr. Pohl. The vote was on the provost. The faculty voted 78% no confidence on the provost.

PlummMeanGreen · May 16, 2006

The rumored rift may be a cause but it's more likely the rift between Pohl and the faculty over the tenure issue. Although I'm a fan of Pohl and am sorry to see him leave, It's no secret that he lost the confidence of the faculty last year over the tenure issue ( He actually narrowly lost a no-confidence vote). There are also the scandals over the new academic plan, logo-gate, and the financial scandals in various departments. None of which were Pohl's fault....but they did happen under his watch.
With all of that I think Pohl had enough of the headaches of leadership and decided to step down. Hence his eagerness to stay on at UNT in another capacity other than president.
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IMO, seems like the defining moment of when things seemed to really start going south for many of us associated with UNT in whatever capacity was the day (and subsequent following months) Pohl announced his retirement. I know there were controversies involved with that, but I also don't recall the 2 (two) NT presidents I've seen in my adulthood as a student and after my graduation AND who "VERY" pro-actively supported Mean Green athletics ever left peacefully or with a majority of on-campus academian's support.

Hellsbells! They almost indicted ex NT president C.C. "Jitter" Nolen over some alleged things at the end of his tenure. We hadn't really had a pro-athletics (not just lipservice kind) NT president since Nolen left and Pohl arrived. Dr. Hurley did some great things for our school, but I don't think varsity athletics really was a prime passion of his.

No doubt that if Dr. Pohl chooses to stay on the UNT payroll and is invited to do so, he will undoubtedly hang around the Mean Green scene to be a most productive and contributing part of our alma mater. That man will not sit around and collect cobb webbs just so he can merely put in enough years to get a state of Texas retirement, that's for gol' darn sure .

Edited May 16, 2006 by PlummMeanGreen

UNTLifer · May 16, 2006

How about LJ to TT as Chancellor and Dr. P stepping up to the Chancellor role of NT?

Baby Arm! · May 16, 2006

There was no vote on Dr. Pohl. The vote was on the provost. The faculty voted 78% no confidence on the provost.
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My Bad, I stand corrected.

NTEagle08 · May 16, 2006

There was never a vote of confidence on Dr. Pohl, but the faculty did evaluate his and a few other administrators jobs last year, and Dr. Pohl got a pretty low score.

http://www.gomeangreen.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21558